Lemmon v. Herbert
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Fairfax county, pronounced July 8, 1892, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellees were the complainants, and the appellants and Richard H. Dulaney were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.
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Henry Rozier Dulaney was the owner of the estate in Fair-fax county called “ Shuter’s Hill.” By his will, which was admitted to probate in the County Court of the said county in 1839, he devised the said estate to his daughter Rebecca, upon condition that she cause to be erected thereon a monument to her mother and sister at a cost of $6,000, and that her husband, upon her marriage, should take the name of Henry Rozier Dulaney. He further provided in his will that if she declined to take the estate upon these conditions, then it was to go to her brother, Grafton Shelton Dulaney, together…
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